Single-delivery match-box



j. 1. SCHULZ. l SINGLE DELIVERY MATCH BOX.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 14| 1918.

Patented Aug. 24,

UNITED ,STATES .PATENT oFFicE.

FRANK JOSEPH SCI-IOLZ, OF HELENA lVIGNTAN, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TORAYMOND VIENDEL SCI-EOLZ, GF HELENA, MONTANL SINGLE-DELIVERY MATCH-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

atented Aug.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, FRANK JOSEPH SeHoLz a citizen of the United States,residing at itlelena, in the county of Lewis and Clark and State ofMontana, have invented certain useful improvements in Single- DeliveryMatch-Boxes, of which the follow` ing is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawing.

The present -invention has reference generally to improvements in thatclass of inventions known as special receptacles and packages and moreparticularly relates to a single delivery match box.

ris the primary aim and object this invention resides in the provisionof a match box wherein the matches contained therein may be readily andquickly ejected one at a time upon the actuation of the delivering or ejecting means.

lt is an equally important object of this invention to provide a matchbox of such a nature that the matches will be always held in a positionto be ejected and will thus cooperate with the ejecting means to assureof an effective operation of the latter.

More particularly the present invention embraces the provision of amatch box of suoli a construction that it can be readily re-lled and atthe same time is so constructed that the matches therein may be properlyadjusted without necessitating the opening of the box. n

Among the other aims and objects of this invention may be recited theprovision of a device of the above character with a view to compactness,and in which the number of parts are few, the construction simple, thecost of production low and the efficiency high. Y

Other improvements and novel details in the construction and arrangementof the various parts of the apparatus will be brought out more in detailin the description to follow, which for a clear understanding of theinvention should be considered in connection with the accompanyingdrawings forming a part hereof, and wherein is disclosed for the purposeof illustration a convenient and satisfactory embodiment of theinvention. lt is to be noted in this connection that minor changes inthe construction and arrangement of parts may be made without departingfrom the principle of operation of the various parts.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanyinc' drawings, inwhich:

figure 1 is a perspective of the device in a closed position;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof;

Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.;

Fig. i is a front elevation of the invention;

Fig. 5 is a horizontal section taken on line 5-5 of `Fig. 2.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all the above describedviews to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring new, more particularly, to the accompanying drawings, there isprovided a match box the body 1 of which is tangular in configurationand consists of spaced end walls :2 connected by a bottom 8 and a top Alongitudinal partition 5 is connected to the end walls and to the bottomand top dividing the body of the receptacle into two compartments Gwhile doors T constituting side walls of the body are pivotallyconnected to one of the end walls a' indicated by the numeral 8 and areremovably held in a closed position by latches 9.

lifith a view toward providing the improved ejecting means one of theend walls is provided with a pair of vertically arranged openings 10while opposed flanges 11 are mounted on the inner surface of the endwall on opposite sides of cach opening and serve as guides for theejecting slides 12. Each of these ejecting slides consists of aplate-like body of a rectangular configuration slidably mounted in theflanged guides 11 for removably closing the opening while bars 13 arecarried by the inner surfaces of the plates and vertically thereof andprovided with match engaging teeth 14 which are inclined toward the bodyof the box so that when one plate is moved upwardly through theinstrumentality of thumb pieces carried by the outer surface andadjacent the lower end thereof the teeth are designed for engagementwith the stem of the match in a manner that will become apparent so asto move the match upwardly Vand pass it through one of the ejectingopenings 16 formed in the top of the box adjacent said side wall.

As intimated, improved means have been provided for coperating with theejecting means to assure of the position of a match at all timesadjacent the ejecting slide. In

reducing this feature of the invention to practice a follower plate 17is mounted in each compartment and is controlled by expansion coilsprings 1S the respective ends of which are secured to one end wall ofthe receptacle and adjacent the base of the adjacent follower plate forholding the follower plate at all times in yielding engagement withmatches 19,' preferably disposed alternately in each compartment asindicated. As is apparent, the outermost match is at all timesyieldingly held against the toothed bars 18 so that uponV upwardmovement of one of these bars the match will be projected through theejecting openings 1G. The matches of course are placed in thecompartment through the instrumentality of the adjacent door.

In the event that any of the matches become clogged, in order to examinethe interior of the compartment without opening `the doors, openings 20are provided in the top for communication with both compartments beingremovably closed by slides 2l.

ln view of the foregoing description it is thought' that a furtherdetailed description of the operation of the invention is entirelyunnecessary. Likewise it is believed that the advantages of theinvention will be readily apparent.

As many. changes could vbe made in the above construction and manyapparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be madewithout departing from the scope of the invention, and it is intendedthat all matter contained in the above description or shown in theaccompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in alimited sense. It is also to be understood that the language used in thefollowingl claim is intended to cover all the generic and specificfeatures of the invention herein described, and all statements of thescope of the invention, which as a matter of language, might be said tofall therebetween. f

Having thus fully described this inventien, what is claimed as new anddesired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

A match box comprising a rectangular body the top of which is providedwith an exit opening and with. a rectangular opening, the front wallbeing provided with a rectangular opening, a swingingly mounted doorserving as one side wall of the body, so that matches in bulk may beplaced therein, a latch carried by thel door for holding the same inclosed position, a follower plate carried within the body, springscompressed between the follower plate and the rear wall of the body, thefol-lower plate bearing upon matchesplacedl in the body and foreing themtoward the forward end where the foremost match is in position to beejected through the exit opening' in the top of the body, flanged guidesformed on the inner surface of the front wall adjacent the rectangularopening` therein, an ejecting plate mounted in theiflangedguides andcomprising a plate-like body, a serrated match engaging barand a lingerpiece which projects through the said rectangular opening, whereby theraising of the ejecting plate may elect the ejection ofv a match throughthe exit opening, and av slide closing the reetangular opening in thetop for the purpose specified- In testimony whereof l allix mysignature.

FRANK JOSEPH SCHOLZ.

